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Phishing
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Manufacturing Sector Getting Hit with Cyber-Attacks: Portable Oxygen Device Manufacturer Notifies 30,000 Patients of Breach
Inogen, which manufactures portable oxygen devices, has alerted the Securities and Exchange Commission in a recent filing that it is notifying 30,000 individuals that their personal information was compromised when…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FBI Issues New Warning to Businesses About Phishing Campaigns
In a recent Public Service Announcement dated February 21, 2018 entitled “Increase in W-2 Phishing Campaigns,” the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) issued another alert about an increase in phishing…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Tax phishing attacks leads to theft of millions of passwords at Office365 (think Microsoft)!
By Peter Vogel
Darkreading.com reported a “new wave of phishing attacks aims to dupe users and steal their passwords by disguising malicious emails as tax-related notifications from the IRS.” The March 2, 2018…
Tax Controversy Report
“Phishing” Scams Top Internal Revenue Service “Dirty Dozen” for 2018
With the 2018 tax filing season in full swing, the Internal Revenue Service today announced that it would unveil its annual “Dirty Dozen” tax schemes over the course of the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #127 – Emails Continue to Pose High Risk to Companies
According to a Proofpoint study that analyzed 160 billion emails delivered to 2,400 global companies at the end of 2017, 88.8 percent of organizations were targeted by at least one…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
California Employers Beware: W-2 Phishing Scams Skyrocket During Tax Season
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers have been scammed into sending sensitive W-2 information to malicious third parties. This article outlines the key steps California employers must immediately take if subject to this…
The Data Advisor
Cybersecurity for This Tax Season
By Beth George
Nearly a year ago, in February 2017, the IRS issued a warning regarding phishing attacks targeting a broad range of companies. The scam involves a hacker impersonating an employee of…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Kentucky Federal Court Brushes Aside Pre-emptive Attack on Class Allegations in Phishing Case, Rejects Out-of-the-Box Defense Strategy
Brushing aside apparent flaws in a proposed class definition, a federal court in Kentucky declined to dismiss class allegations against North Carolina-based pharmacy services provider Pharm-Save Inc. (Pharm-Save) stemming from…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
It’s Tax Time – Alert Your HR and Payroll Teams About W2 Phishing Scams
By Mary T. Costigan, Joseph J. Lazzarotti
Last February, the IRS issued a warning to all employers regarding the resurgence of a W-2 based cyber scam. The scam, which targets businesses during tax season, was also “spreading to…
Texas Bar Blog
Hotmail users targeted by IRS email scam
The Internal Revenue Service warned Hotmail users are being targeted by a phishing email scam designed to steal personal and financial information. The email subject line reads “Internal Revenue Service…